Anchor.



No. 653,062. Patented lllly 3,1900.

LA MONTH, B-OWEBS.

ANCHOR.

(Application filed Feb. 10', 1900.)

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Patented July 3, I900.

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NiTED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

ANCHOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,062, dated July 3, 1900. Application filed February 10, 1900. Serial No. 4,786. (No model.

1898; and the object of my present inventionis to produce an anchor which is as nearly one solid mass as can be made, at the same time allowing for the ready removal of the shank from the head in case of breakage of the latter; and likewise it is an object to make it practically as tight as if it were one solidpiece for the purpose of keeping out stones,

sand, and dirt, which so often interfere with the instantfand free working of an anchor when passed out.

With these objects in View my invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be more fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of my improved anchor with a portion of the shank broken away. Fig. 2 isa bottom plan view. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the linesl 1 of Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 5 is a View of the shank,'and Fig. 6 is a View of details.

A represents the body portion of the anchor, which is made in one solid casting, and it comprises a central head 1 and the fiukes 2 2. The head is cored or chambered out through the center in rectangular form at the lower end, as at 3, and tapering or \l-shaped at the upper end,- as at 4, so that the two bored or chambered portions 3 and 4. extend crosswise of each other, as indicated in full and dotted lines in Fig. 3.

B is the shank of the anchor, and this is pro- Y vided with the cross-piece 5 at its lower end, similarly to the construction disclosed in my patent referred to. This eross'piece is turned to form smooth-surfaced bearings and is of a length just equal to thelength of thelower I chamber 3 in the head which it fits.

completely closed by the bearings against the entrance of sand, stones, and dirt, and in this way the lower surface of the head is in effect one continuous and solid piece of metal,

and the hearings or blocks being surrounded by the solid metal are protected against injury incident to the damage and punishment which an anchor is liable to receive, and by excluding the sand, stones, and dirt the effectual operation or tilting of the anchorhead with respect to the shank is always provided for, the head working with perfect freedom upon" the cross-piece 5. At the same time the anchor can be takenapart in a minutes time and the blocks or bearings and shank removed and another substituted, if occasion may require it, without. necessitating any delay. I V

It is evident that slight changes might be made in the form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and henoeI do not wish to limit myself to the exact construction herein set forth; but,

Having thus describedmy invention, what I claim as new, and'desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An anchor having its head made in a.

single piece of metal chambered out through the center, a shank having a cross-head and blocks or bearings fitting the shank and the chamber of the head whereby to absolutely close the end of the chamber and constitute bearings for the cross-head of the shank.

2. An anchor comprising a head made in a single piece with a chambered or recessed center, one end of which is'rectangular in form and the other substantially V-shaped, the two portions of the chamber in communication with and extending crosswise of each other, a shank having a cross-piece at its ICO blocks or bearings fitting the shank and the chamber of the head whereby to absolutely close the end of the chamber and constitute f ing witnesses. the center, a shank having a cross-head, and

bearings for the cross-headofi theshank, and a bolt or equivalent means passing through the blocks or bearings and the head for re- .movably holding the blocks and shank in said head.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib- LA MONT M. BOWERS.

Witnesses:

WM. 0. Monsn, 'BURDETT F. DAVIS. 

